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Advantages: ease of useDisadvantages: lack of memory compared to more modern samplers

The Akai S2000 was without doubt a ground-breaking sampler. It was the first sampler I owned as a young and enthusiastic musician without much money to go around. Therein lies the beauty of the S2000, it really did open the doors to the masses who couldn' ...

I have used this machine for the past 4 years (and its predecessor the E64 for another 4) and rate them the best on the market. Even with all the soft sampling available nowadays, you can't substitute it for a hardware sampler for speed, ease of use and r ...

I have had my S3000 XL for 5 years now, and with the prices you can pick thease up for now, they are a must for anyone who doesn't like working in the Computer Environment.
They come out of the box with 2meg of Memory, but this is easly /cheaply upgrad ...

Right okay what is it ???? Its a piece of hardware studio equipment,hardware meaning it runs away from the computer not software.Its a machine which you use to produce sounds and play around with drum beats and just generally using to just jam with and ...

Okay so i have been given this sampler for free,as a friend is clearing out a load of equipment.So i have had a play (much to my neighbours dismay).So lets see what it is all about. Right first up my mate has had this since 1998,so it is not a new piece ...